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Rain delays, extra innings keep MLB up late
Two endings around 3 a.m. and another game that took 17 innings.
Several big league teams definitely went deep this week - deep into the night, that is.
It all started Thursday night in St. Louis when what appeared to be a routine interleague game turned into something else. Thanks to a marathon rain delay and a decision to wait it out, the Kansas City Royals wound up beating the Cardinals 4-2 after 3 o'clock in the morning.
''It was interesting. But for us, it's good,'' Royals outfielder Jeff Francoeur said.
Calling it a long night would be an understatement. Francoeur noticed the sun rising Friday as Kansas City's plane landed in Texas and saw people having breakfast as the Royals arrived at their hotel near Dallas.
By late Friday, overnight baseball had turned into a trend.
The Tampa Bay Rays endured nearly five hours of rain delays in Cleveland before beating the Indians 9-2 for their sixth straight win in a game that began on Friday night in May and ended early Saturday in June.
Scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m., the game was delayed three times before finally resuming at 12:13 a.m. - 2 hours, 39 minutes after the third and longest delay.
''It's a very awkward way to do this,'' said Rays manager Joe Maddon, who spent the weather stoppages monitoring the storms on an iPad in his office. ''But if you're going to stick around that long you might as well win.''
The teams were delayed a total of 4:49, long enough for the calendar to change before nine innings were played. It ended at 2:53 a.m., giving them a short turnaround before a 1:05 p.m. start on Saturday.
About 20 minutes after the final out in Cleveland, the San Diego Padres pulled out a 4-3 victory over Toronto on Jesus Guzman's run-scoring single in the bottom of the 17th inning.
The winning hit came three innings after the 14th-inning stretch. The game lasted 4:58 - and concluded after midnight on the West Coast.
Clayton Richard (1-5), who had been scheduled to start Saturday night, entered in the 16th and pitched two scoreless innings for the win in his first relief appearance since May 2009 with the Chicago White Sox.
''I was hoping I would get a win today. I was assuming it was going to be later in the day,'' Richard said. ''That's the crazy thing about baseball. You never really know what you're going to get. You come to the park thinking you've got a plan and it gets turned upside down. It was fun, though. That's part of the fun of the game is being in situations where something different happens.''
The Royals and Cardinals should have known something was up Thursday when the first pitch was delayed an hour by rain.
The game moved quickly after that - right up until the top of the ninth inning, with the Royals leading and the rain back in force. Umpire crew chief Joe West had a decision to make.
With the game the last meeting between the two teams this season, a new rule added this year gave West the choice to call the game in a decision that would wipe out the top of the ninth and give the Cardinals a 2-1 win, based on the score from the previous completed inning.
West chose to wait out the rain. And wait. And wait some more.
After 4 1/2 miserable hours, the game resumed shortly after 3 a.m. CDT and the final out came at 3:14 a.m.
Kansas City left for a series in Texas and the Cardinals went home to sleep a bit before a home series against San Francisco. The opener was postponed by inclement weather Friday night - no rain had fallen at Busch Stadium before the game was called - that included tornado warnings in the area.
The teams will play a day-night doubleheader Saturday.
Meanwhile, the weary Royals were beaten 7-2 by the Rangers.
And the umpiring crew from St. Louis? They had a matinee in Chicago, with the first pitch scheduled just 10 hours after the final out early Friday at Busch Stadium.
''We worry about that game when we get to that one,'' West told a pool reporter after Thursday night's game. ''We had to worry about this game.''
He declined comment on Friday.
MLB spokesman Michael Teevan praised West and his crew for handling ''a challenging situation very well.''
''We appreciate the efforts of both clubs, the umpires and particularly the Cardinals' grounds crew, and we are glad that the game was played to completion,'' he added.
Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum shrugged off any concerns about sleep-deprived umpires calling Friday afternoon's game against Arizona. The Cubs extended their winning streak to five with a 7-2 victory.
''Sometimes we get in at 3:15 in the morning. They don't have to get to the park that early, so they get plenty of sleep,'' Sveum said. ''That's not something that's going to dictate the game.''
The near-capacity crowd of 43,916 in St. Louis was down to a couple hundred hardy souls when the game ended.
''Joe West did a tremendous job,'' said Royals manager Ned Yost, whose team snapped an eight-game skid with the victory.
''He was ready to wait as long as we could. He just felt that we were getting close to that point. He came into the office, `Joe, we've got 15 minutes of rain left and it's gone.' He goes, `well, that's not what I heard. Look, let's go outside.' And we went outside, and it stopped raining.''
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny and general manager John Mozeliak lobbied during the delay for an eight-inning St. Louis win. West said the Cardinals did not express their frustrations to him directly, made no statement and did not lodge a protest.
Either way, Matheny sounded less than thrilled with the decision to wait out the rain.
''I'm not going to sit here and start bashing the league for what's going on,'' he said. ''But we certainly ended up on the short end of that and we can be paying for it for a couple of days here. There must be a bigger reward out there that I don't see.''
Mozeliak said he was concerned about players getting injured because of the delay and the wet conditions, although he praised the grounds crew and added it would have been a ''PR nightmare'' if they ''had to revert back to the eighth inning.''
''I did feel compelled that we try to get this game in because that would have been unfair to them had it just reverted back to the eighth,'' Mozeliak said.
For the Royals, the long night wasn't their first this week. They endured one getting to St. Louis after Tuesday's game against the Cardinals in Kansas City.
Problems with their plane forced them to take a bus across the state, and they didn't arrive until 5 a.m.
On Thursday, Royals catcher Adam Moore said no one took a nap during the long delay. Instead, they played cards.
''Until we saw that window come, and then they came in and gave us a heads up, that we may have a time frame to go back out there,'' he said, ''we were just kind of hanging out in the clubhouse, trying to stay loose as best as we could.''
AP Sports Writers Ronald Blum and Mike Fitzpatrick in New York, Stephen Hawkins in Arlington, Texas, Tom Withers in Cleveland and Bernie Wilson in San Diego, and freelance writers Brian Sandalow in Chicago and Jason L. Young in St. Louis contributed to this report.
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Dr Steve Simpson
Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology and Global Change
I am a marine biologist and fish ecologist, with particular interests in the behaviour of coral reef fishes, bioacoustics, effects of climate change on marine ecosystems, conservation and management. I am also a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow (2011-2014) which enables me to develop strong links between the research community and industry and policy on the themes of European Fisheries and Climate Change, and Anthropogenic Noise and Marine Ecosystems. I joined the University of Exeter as a Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology and Global Change in Sept 2012.
My work combines fieldwork, often through expeditions to remote and challenging environments, with laboratory-based behaviour experiments, data-mining, and computer modelling.
My research focuses on:
- The impact of anthropogenic noise on marine ecosystems
- The effects of climate change on fish and fisheries
- Sensory and orientation behaviour of marine organisms
- Dispersal, connectivity and biogeography
- Management
Impact Case Studies from my Research
- Understanding changes in fisheries due to warming in the North East Atlantic to inform industry, policy and management decisions
- Making noise: research on reef fish bioacoustics leads to new technologies that could aid in restoring fish populations
Short films on my research and knowledge exchange activities
- How Knowledge Exchange can benefit both industry and academia
- The value of combining different scientific studies
- Developing a stakeholder led vision for fisheries in the year 2050
- How using a visioining approach can help combat today's issues
Recent activites linking Research with Impact
-> Impacts of Marine Noise
- Managing a 3-year KTP with an Associate embedded in HR Wallingford Ltd to develop a simulation model of impacts of noise on marine organisms. This includes large-scale acoustics experiments in a dry dock in Newcastle.
- Supervising a NERC Business Internship for 6 months for a postdoc to work with Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd and HR Wallingford Ltd on assessing impact of noise of a new tidal turbine device being installed in the Solent.
- Running a mobile lab in Montpellier for 2 years to assess impacts of marine noise on fish with Ecocean, a French Ecosystem Restoration company.
- Measuring impacts of pile driving noise on salmon for 1 year with ex-MRes student now based at Marine Scotland.
- Am a UK representative on the EU Evidence Group on Impacts of noise in the Marine Environment for European Parliament, including presenting my research in Brussels.
-> Fisheries and Climate Change
- Understanding and predicting biological responses to climate change in pelagic fish species this summer with a MSc Food Security student embedded in Cornish Sardine Management Association.
- Collaborating with a Penryn-based social scientist and an MRes student to develop a vulnerability analysis for SW fisheries, with involvement of the Newlyn, Penzance, Plymouth and Brixham fleets.
- Writing a book with representatives from science, industry, consumers, policy, law and politics on a "Vision of Sustainable Fisheries in 2050" based on a thinktank I am organising in London in September.
- Have worked with a marine lawyer to develop a legal argument that demonstrates the illegality of overfishing and to empower the UK fishery minister for negotiations in Brussels (Plenty More Fish in the Sea?; Covered in the Times by Ben Webster)
- Wrote the 2013 Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) report on Impacts of Climate Change on Fish which was presented to Westminster in November 2013.
Research Findings and News Stories
- Warming seas pose habitat risk for fishy favourites (Nature Climate Change paper covered in: BBC, Guardian, Times, Independent, Telegraph, Independent, Daily Mail)
- Article and film showcasing how Knowledge Exchange can benefit both industry and academia
- You can hear the coral reefs dying (Mar Ecol Prog Ser paper: Mail article, BBC Radio Interview (at 1:20:45))
- Expedition finds Nemo can travel great distances to connect populations (PLOS ONE paper: New Scientist article, National Geographic article, Guardian article, Mail article)
- Major summer project on impacts of noise: Behind the scenes at 'the biggest fish tank you have ever seen' (Featured in Planet Earth Podcast: How marine life responds to underwater noise)
- Man-made noise makes fish more susceptible to predators (Global Change Biology paper; NERC Planet Earth Report)
- Large gurnard and chips: How our fish-eating habits will change as warmer sea temperatures mean the disappearance of cod from UK waters (Daily Mail article on changing fisheries due to warming seas)
- Gurnard and chips, please: warmer seas change UK fish stock as cod head north (Guardian / Observer article on impacts of warming seas on UK fisheries)
- Boat noise impacts development and survival of vital marine invertebrates (Scientific Reports Paper)
- Noise pollution impacts fish species differently (PLoS ONE Paper)
- Biosciences hosts high-calibre summer students (featuring the summer bursaries for Fiona Birch (BBSRC) and Jess Lister (FSBI))
- Killing Nemo (film by 3rd year project students showcasing our research)
- Developing and testing models of fish behaviour around tidal turbines (NERC Internship Award)
- Water racket - fish reactions to noise vary between species (Animal Behaviour paper)
- New partnership launched to predict impact of underwater noise on fish (NERC / TSB Knowledge Transfer Partnership)
- Climate change prompts 'mackerel wars' (Global Post interview)
- Crabs & ship noise (BBC Radio Cornwall interview)
- Biosciences undergraduate to explore impacts of climate change on the Newlyn fishery (BES / Fishmongers Company funding)
- Ship noise impairs feeding and and heightens predation risk for crabs (Animal Behaviour paper)
- Boat noise stops fish finding home (MEPS paper)
- Ship noise makes crabs get crabby (Biology Letters paper, Scientific American podcast)
- Tropical plankton exodus by 2100 (New Scientist article)
- Red gurnard and chips please (p7, Cabot Institute Report 2012)
- Sustainable Fisheries Schools Resources (Digital Explorer Interview)
- Great Barrier Reef in decline (Live interview with Huw Edwards on BBC 5 o'clock News)
- TEDxBristol Talk: Future of the Oceans
- Cabot Institute Podcast on Future of Fisheries - Burst Radio (Aug 2012)
- Stranded whale in Severn Estuary (BBC Points West Interview on marine noise)
- Bristol marine biologist explains how fish find home (ICRS Expert Panel)
- A test of the senses in search of a shoal mate (Ecology paper)
- Some like it hot – European fish stocks changing with warming seas (Current Biology paper, Guardian article, BBC article)
- Steve Simpson awarded NERC KE Fellowship
- Ocean acidification leaves clownfish deaf to predators (Biology Letters paper, BBC article, CBC Quirks and Quarks Interview, Naked Scientists Interview, Science News article)
- Crustaceans Crave a Little Quiet (news feature in Science)
- Secrets of the Night Reef: Noise that Can Terrify (Coral magazine article)
- Rowdy residents warn crustaceans away from perilous reefs (PLoS ONE paper, NERC Article)
- Latest research featured on NERC Planet Earth Podcast
- Tracking the Ocean's Next Generation (Science News feature article)
- A familiar racket helps fish find a suitable home (Coral Reefs paper)
- Effects of El Niño land South Pacific reef fish in hot water (Global Change Biology paper, NERC Article)
- Adventures in a sea of noise (re:search magazine article)
- Taking the pulse of coral reefs (Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology paper)
- Marine Pied Piper leads Nemo astray (Behavioral Ecology paper)
- Baby corals dance their way home (PLoS ONE paper)
2000-2004 PhD, University of York, UK
1998-1999 MRes Marine & Coastal Ecology & Environmental Management, University of York, UK
1995-1998 BSc Marine Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
2012-present Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
2011-2014 NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow
2011-2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, Defra-funded Anthropogenic Noise project, University of Bristol, UK
2008-2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, NERC Sustainable Marine Bioresources Initiative, University of Bristol, UK
2007-2008 Royal Society International Fellow and EPHE Postdoctoral Fellow, Université de Perpignan
2004-2007 NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Bishop consecrated in China; diocese lacked bishop since 1962
Catholic World News - July 15, 2010
Msgr. Antonio Xu Jiwei, ordained a priest in 1985 and now age 75, was consecrated bishop of Taizhou on July 10 with the approval both of the Holy See and of the Chinese government. Taizhou is a city of 1.5 million in Zhejiang province in eastern China, and 5.8 million people live in the metropolitan area.
The diocese, which has lacked a bishop since 1962, has 25 churches, 15 priests, 10 nuns, and 6,000 faithful; Bishop Xu had served as administrator since 1999. The four prelates who took part in the episcopal consecration-- Bishop Giuseppe Li Mingsu of Qingdao, Bishop Giuseppe Zhao Fengchang of Liaocheng, Bishop Giuseppe Xu Honggen of Suzhou, and Bishop Giuseppe Han Yingjin of Sanyuan-- are both recognized by the Chinese government and in communion with the Holy See.
Bishop Xu originally entered the seminary at the age of 13 in 1948. During the Cultural Revolution, "he was sentenced to five years in prison and then to long years of forced labor," according to a Vatican Radio report.
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Ham, Fontina and Spinach Bread Pudding 1 large baguette (about 3/4 lb) 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted 2 onions, chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 lb cooked ham, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 4 large eggs 1 quart whole milk 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 6 cups spinach leaves (about 1 bunch), coarsely chopped 3/4 lb Fontina cheese, grated Preheat broiler. Diagonally cut baguette crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick slices and brush both sides with butter. Toast on a baking sheet under broiler 3 inches from heat until golden, about 30 seconds on each side. Preheat oven to 350°°F. Sauté onions in oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until golden. Add ham and sauté, stirring occasionally, until ham is lightly browned. Whisk eggs in a large bowl and whisk in milk, salt, nutmeg, and pepper to taste. Add toasted bread and toss gently. Transfer bread as saturated to a shallow 3-quart casserole, slightly overlapping slices. Add any remaining egg mixture. Tuck spinach and ham between slices, reserving a little ham to sprinkle over top. Sprinkle cheese over pudding, lifting slices with a spatula to allow some to fall between them. Sprinkle reserved ham over pudding and bake in middle of oven 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until puffed and edges of bread are golden and custard is set in middle. Cooks' note: • Bread pudding can be assembled 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Increase baking time to 1 hour and 10 minutes if bread pudding is cold when put in oven, and cover top with foil after 45 minutes to prevent overbrowning.
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Topo Gigio |
Japanese name: | Topo Gigio | |
Japanese name: | トッポジージョ | |
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Italian name: | Bentornato Topo Gigio | |
Dates: |
April 27, 1988-September 21, 1988 1992 (Italy) |
Broadcast time: | Wednesday, 18:50-19:20 (6:50-7:20 pm) | |
Number of episodes: | 21 | |
Animation Studio: | Nippon Animation | |
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Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Canale 5 (Italy) |
Creator(s): | Maria Perago (Italian (non-animated) puppet character) | |
Series Director: | Noburo Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi | |
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Producer(s): | Koichi Motohashi (executive), Shinji Nabeshima (TV Asahi), Shoji Sato | |
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Storyboard(s): | Noburo Ishiguro, Shigeo Koshi, Shigeru Omachi | |
Layout: |
Writer(s): | Noburo Ishiguro, Tomoo Tadaoki, Rino Wada | |
Art Director: | Shuichi Ishibashi | |
Art Design: | Shohei Kawamoto (setting) | |
Character Designer(s): | Susumu Shiraume | |
Animator(s): | Chuichi Iguchi (director), Hirokazu Ishino (director), Kazushige Yusa (director) | |
Backgrounds: |
Music: | Nobuyuki Koshibe | |
Sound: | Hideyuki Tanaka (director) | |
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Genre(s): | science fiction, time travel, space travel, animal characters, adventure | |
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This series is based on the (non-animated) puppet character that appeared in the United States on the Ed Sullivan Show.
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The Thunderbirds (2-2-0) are set for another in-state rivalry matchup this weekend as they travel to Salt Lake City to take on the University of Utah (1-0-2) on Sunday at 1 p.m. SUU will look to avenge a 4-0 loss to the Utes from a year ago in what will be just the second all-time meeting between the two schools. Utah has pulled off three straight shutouts to start the season, but visits No. 7 BYU in Provo this week before returning home to host the Thunderbirds. Live stats for the match will be available at www.suutbirds.com. ABOUT THE UTAH UTES Utah (1-0-2) is yet to allow a goal this season after starting the year with a 2-0 victory at Western Kentucky before earning a pair scoreless draws against Kentucky and Cal State Fullerton. Sophomore forward Baylee Nielsen notched both scores for the Utes while sophomore goalkeeper Lindsey Luke has played over 300 scoreless minutes in net. Head Rich Manning holds a record of 128-80-23 in 12 seasons with the team. THUNDERBIRDS EARN SPLIT AT COLORADO COLLEGE INVITE Freshman Breanna Brown tallied her first career goal to put the Thunderbirds on the board against Vermont and Brianne Brown added two more scores to help Southern Utah to a 3-1 come-from-behind victory at the Colorado College Invitational on Friday. SUU then closed out the tournament with a 2-1 defeat to Appalachian State on Sunday. The Mountaineers pulled ahead 2-0 in the second half before freshman Aurora Moberly came up with her second goal of the season to cut the lead in half. The Thunderbird rally came up just short in the end, however, as the Apps were able to hold on for the win. SUU SCORES 4-3 VICTORY IN HOME OPENER Southern Utah claimed an exciting 4-3 win over visiting UC Santa Barbara (1-1-1) in its home opener Wednesday morning to earn its first victory of the season while dealing the Gauchos their first loss. Junior midfielder Kirsten Anthony blasted a shot into the back of the net for what would prove to be the game-winning goal in the closing minutes. Nancy Brich, Aurora Moberly and Logan Harker all added their first score of the season in the win. PICKING UP THE PACE The Thunderbirds have scored nine goals in their first four games. Last fall the ninth goal of the season didn't come until the 12th match of the year, the same match in which the team recorded its second win. After four games last season the T-Birds had totaled 43 shots and allowed 85. This year SUU has taken 51 while giving up just 56. LOOKING AHEAD The Thunderbirds continue a three-game stretch against Pac-12 opponents with a trip to the Arizona Cats Classic next weekend. SUU will opens things up against tournament host Arizona on Friday, Sept. 13th at 8 p.m. (MT) before facing Arizona State on Sunday at 11 a.m. Live stats for the games will be available at www.suutbirds.com. |


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Fox's New 2.5-volt XpressO XO LVDS Oscillators Provide Low Noise, Wide Frequency Range
FORT MYERS, Fla., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Fox Electronics, a leading global supplier of frequency control solutions, recently released the FXO-LC32 series LVDS oscillators as an expansion of the XpressO XO LVDS oscillators line. The new 2.5-volt XpressO crystal oscillators come in a reduced 3.2 mm x 2.5 mm package with stabilities as tight as +/- 25 ppm and feature industry-standard packaging, including footprint and pin-out.
The new XpressO oscillators come in a frequency range of 0.75 MHz through 1.0 GHz and offer frequency resolution to six decimal places. FXO-LC32 oscillators utilize a family of proprietary application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) designed and developed by Fox to significantly reduce noise.
Offering a breakthrough in configurable frequency control solutions, Fox's new 2.5-volt LVDS oscillators have reduced noise levels via the third order Delta Sigma Modulator (DSM) comparable to those of traditional bulk quartz and SAW oscillators. They also offer extremely low jitter of less than 1 pS.
With an operating temperature range of -20 Degrees C to +70 Degrees C or -40 Degrees C to +85 Degrees C, the fully RoHS and REACH compliant XpressO XO LVDS oscillators are ideal for a broad range of applications requiring an oscillator, including SONET, Ethernet, storage area network, fiber channel, test and measurement equipment, industrial controllers, microprocessors/DSP/FPGA, broadband access and others. The low cost oscillators are available in 1 to 2 days for samples and within 10 days for production quantities.
To reduce power consumption, the 2.5-volt FXO-LC32 oscillators offer a tri-state enable/disable feature that allows the user to turn off the output. The oscillator contacts are constructed with gold over nickel finish. Fox's patented serial identification system provides comprehensive traceability back to its original manufacturing lot to ensure quality control.
Pricing for FXO-LC325-312.5MHz XpressO oscillators is $5.27 in quantities of 10,000 pieces. Delivery for production quantities is 10 days ARO.
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Each year, LIPA, as successor to LILCO, publishes a report (the report is published by LIPA, but is written by KeySpan, previously known as LILCO) updating the census population numbers (by using people-per-electric meter ratios) for all the 292 communities on Long Island.
There are 2 cities and 13 towns (as well as 2 Indian reservations) in the bi-counties and the 13 towns (3 in Nassau and 10 in Suffolk) are further sub-divided into 95 villages and 195 hamlets, yielding 292 communities (2 + 95 + 195 = 292).
- | Nassau | Suffolk | Total |
Cities | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Villages | 64 | 31 | 95 |
Hamlets | 70 | 125 | 195 |
Total | 136 | 156 | 292 |
The heart of this 40-page report are maps of each of the 13 towns (3 in Nassau, 10 in Suffolk), showing the true borders of all villages and hamlets (not the postal zone borders) in each town. The facing pages list which communities are villages or hamlets and their populations. (You'll find villages and hamlets that you never knew existed because they are in some other community-named postal zone.)
I consider this the best resource available in understanding the geography and governmental organization of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The following are the instructions to obtain a copy of the 1998 or 1999 LI Population Survey (I prefer the 1998 version as it was converted into Adobe Acrobat better than the 1999 version was converted):
First, the report is in Adobe Acrobat format (*.pdf) and thus you will need
Adobe Acrobat to open the file. You can obtain a free copy of Acrobat Reader
(1.7 mb storage space required) by clicking on:
Once you have Acrobat Reader, then go to:
Once at the Suffolk Web site, click on the button for GOVERNMENT and then at the GOVERNMENT page, click on the button for the LI Population Survey.
The Population Report is 1,672K and takes about 5 minutes or so to download.


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Besley, Timothy and Persson, Torsten (2009) State capacity, conflict and development. Economic Organisation and Public Policy Discussion Papers, EOPP 10. Suntory Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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We report on an on-going project, which asks a number of questions relevant to the study of state capacity. What are the main economic and political determinants of the state's capacity to raise revenue and support private markets? How do risks of violent conflict affect the incentives to invest in state building? Does it matter whether conflicts are external or internal to the state? When are large states associated with higher income levels and growth rates than small states? What relations should we expect between resource rents, civil wars and economic development? The paper is organized into three main sections: 1. The origins of state capacity, 2. Sate capacity and the genius of taxation, and 3. State capacity and the strategy of conflict. Each of these begins with a specific motivation. A simple model is formulated to analyze the determinants of state capacity in the first section, and modified to address the new issues that arise in subsequent sections. The theoretical results are summarized in a number of propositions. We discuss the implications of the theory, comment on its relation to existing literature, and briefly mention some empiric applications.
Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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Additional Information: | © 2009 the authors |
Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H10 - General P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P16 - Political Economy O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O10 - General |
Sets: | Collections > Economists Online Departments > Economics Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) |
Identification Number: | EOPP 10 |
Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2009 16:26 |
URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/25426/ |
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The following is a brief description of a traffic and nontraffic misdemeanor case. There is no specific information available in this Self-Help Center to aid you with the entire legal process. Unless you waive the right to an attorney, you must be represented by an attorney in a traffic or nontraffic misdemeanor case.
A traffic or nontraffic misdemeanor case begins when a law enforcement officer issues a Uniform Law Citation (ticket) claiming you have violated a state law or a local ordinance (local law) when the penalty for that offense includes a jail sentence for 93 days or less. In these situations, no warrant is necessary for your arrest. If you are arrested for a violation for which the penalty exceeds 93 days in jail, the charge cannot be issued on a ticket and the prosecutor must authorize the filing of a complaint. If the defendant has not already been arrested, a warrant for arrest will be issued as well.
The law enforcement officer is usually considered the complainant and issues the ticket or the police report that produces a complaint and warrant for the plaintiff. The plaintiff is either the People of the State of Michigan or a city, village, township, or other local government unit and is represented by the prosecutor. If you receive a ticket or are arrested on a misdemeanor warrant, you are considered the defendant.
Types of Traffic and Nontraffic Misdemeanor Cases
Some of the more common traffic and nontraffic misdemeanor cases are assault and battery, vandalism, shoplifting, trespassing, prostitution, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, and first or second drunk driving offenses. They are usually handled by the district court closest to where the crime occurred.
What Happens If You are Arrested
If you have been arrested for breaking a criminal law and a ticket is not issued, you will be promptly taken to the district court for an arraignment. You will be held by the police or sheriff until a bond is set and/or the arraignment takes place. The arresting police department will know where and when the arraignment will take place.
The arraignment is held before a district court judge or magistrate. At the arraignment, the judge or magistrate will explain to you (the defendant) the charges, your constitutional rights, and the possible consequences if you plead guilty or are convicted after trial of the charge. You will enter a plea of guilty or not guilty, or you may stand mute. If bond was not previously set, the court will determine whether you can be released on bond and, if so, will set the bail amount and collect the bail.
The court may appoint an attorney to represent you if you are unable to afford an attorney. In a criminal case, a defendant who is unable to afford an attorney has the right to court-appointed counsel if the offense charged requires on conviction a minimum term in jail, or the court determines that it might sentence the defendant to jail. If you do not plan to hire your own attorney, you should ask the court if you qualify for court-appointed counsel.
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If you have been stopped for drinking and driving, you may be charged with one of three misdemeanor offenses. The first is operating while intoxicated, the second offense is operating while visibly impaired, and the third offense is operating with any alcohol content in the body (applies only to persons under 21 years of age). You may also be charged with operating under the influence of drugs. There are also felony offenses involving drunk driving, including operating while intoxicated or operating while visibly impaired causing death or serious injury, and child endangerment.
If you are a Michigan resident and are arrested for drinking and driving, the law enforcement officer will take and destroy your driver's license. The officer will provide you with a temporary Michigan driving permit until your case is resolved.
If you are stopped for drinking and driving by a law enforcement officer, you may be asked to take a breath test while on the road. This breath test is called a PBT or a preliminary breath test. If you refuse to take the PBT, a civil infraction ticket may be issued for refusing to take the breath test.
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A person, called a defendant, who is arrested for breaking a criminal law, may be held until a bail amount is set or an arraignment is held by a judge or magistrate. Posting a bond is a promise that the defendant will appear in court when required and will refrain from any activity the judge or magistrate orders.
The four types of bonds are: a personal recognizance bond, a cash bond, a ten percent bond, and a surety bond, and are explained below:
When the court sets a personal recognizance bond, the defendant is released after making a promise to return to court when required. No money is paid.
A cash bond is a money guarantee that the defendant will return to court when required. When a cash bond is set, the defendant must pay the full bail amount to the court before being released from jail.
Another type of bond is a ten percent bond. In this bond, the court will accept payment of ten percent of the full bail amount as a guarantee that the defendant will appear as required. If the defendant does not appear, the court will require payment of the remaining ninety percent.
The last type of bond is a surety bond. A surety bond is a promise made by an approved bondsman that the defendant will appear as required. A bondsman must prove to the court that he or she has sufficient financial resources to pay the full bail amount if the defendant does not appear as required.
Money or property that is posted for a bond might not be returned when the case is over. The court may apply cash and ten-percent bond money posted by the defendant to pay any outstanding court fines, costs, or other assessments.
Regardless of the type of bond, if the defendant does not return to court as promised, the court will issue an arrest warrant and the bond money will be forfeited. In addition, the defendant may be held responsible for paying the remaining unpaid bail amount.
What if You are Issued a Traffic or Nontraffic Misdemeanor Ticket Instead of Getting Arrested
If you have received a ticket, follow the directions on the ticket. It is important to read both sides of the ticket. The ticket will state your rights and tell you what you need to do to respond to the ticket, including how and where to appear. You can dispute the ticket at a trial. To request a trial you must do what it says on the back of the ticket.
If you are under the age of 17 and have received a misdemeanor traffic ticket, you must appear at the court specified on the ticket, which may be either the district court or the family division of the circuit court. You will be notified to appear for a preliminary hearing. At the preliminary hearing, you will plead guilty, not guilty, or you may stand mute and be notified of the next hearing date. Your parents or legal guardian should be present during all proceedings. If you fail to appear for the hearing, an order may be issued to the police to bring you to court.
If you are 17 years of age or older and have received a misdemeanor ticket, you are usually required to go to court for an arraignment. If you plead not guilty or stand mute, you will be scheduled for a pretrial conference with the prosecutor. You may have an attorney represent you at the pretrial conference. If you cannot resolve the ticket at the pretrial conference, you may have a trial before a judge or jury. If you do not appear in court when scheduled to do so, a warrant will be issued for your arrest.
Processing Traffic and Nontraffic Misdemeanor Cases
Traffic and nontraffic misdemeanor tickets are filed in court by the law enforcement officer who issued the tickets and complaints are filed by the prosecutor. It is your responsibility to respond to the ticket or an order to appear.
If a hearing is required, you may be represented by an attorney and have a right to a trial by a judge or jury. You may want to talk to an attorney prior to your hearing. The prosecutor or city attorney must prove that you are guilty.
Penalties for Traffic and Nontraffic Misdemeanors
If convicted of a misdemeanor, you may be sentenced to jail.
If you are 17 years of age or older and are convicted of a traffic misdemeanor, you may be required to pay a fine and costs. Points will be added to your driving record by the Secretary of State, and some convictions may result in jail sentences. You may also be ordered to attend counseling, a driver safety course, or other program.
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Points are added to your driving record by the Secretary of State as required by law if you are found guilty of most traffic misdemeanors. The court does not assign points and cannot dismiss or waive them. Many convictions will result in additional fees assessed by the Secretary of State, ranging from $50.00 to $1,000.00 for each year the points remain on the driving record. These fees, payable to the Secretary of State, are in addition to fines and costs assessed by the court.
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Located in the heart of Bengaluru, this luxury hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of UB City and Vidhana Soudha. Tipu's Summer Palace and Bangalore Palace are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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5 restaurants, a full-service spa, and an outdoor pool are available at this hotel. Free buffet breakfast and free valet parking are also provided. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café are onsite.
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In addition to a full-service spa, ITC Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru features an outdoor pool and a spa tub. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 5 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge).
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and a meeting room. This luxury hotel also offers a fitness center, a steam room, and tour/ticket assistance. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Complimentary valet parking is available on site.
ITC Royal Gardenia, Bengaluru has designated areas for smoking.
- Designated smoking areas
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 292
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Tours/ticket assistance
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Spa treatment room(s)
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Free valet parking
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2009
- Number of restaurants - 5
- 24-hour business center
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Garden
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
- Free breakfast
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access (600 INR per 2 hours surcharge)
Available in some public areas: WiFi (surcharge)
Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Minibar
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Premium bedding
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Cable TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Cubbon Pavilion - This restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available. Open 24 hours.
Lotus Pavilion - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
West View - This fine-dining restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Kebabs and Kurries - This fine-dining restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Edo Japanese Restaurant - This fine-dining restaurant serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a steam room and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
Spa Services
Kaya Kalp has massage/treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body scrubs, and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Massages
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No pets or service animals allowed
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: INR 600 (for 2 hours, rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): INR 600 (for 2 hours, rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: INR 2000 per vehicle (one way)
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Tower Room Extras
Book a stay in the "Towers" room category and receive the following:
- 30-minutes of internet usage at the business centre
- Laundry service of 4 pieces per stay
- 3 hours use of the board room at Towers Lounge (subject to availability)
- Complimentary cocktail hour
Tower with Balcony Room Extras
Book a stay in the "Tower with Balcony" room category and receive the following:
- Laundry service of 4 pieces per stay
- 30-minutes of internet usage at the business centre
- 3 hours use of the board room at Towers Lounge (subject to availability)
- Complimentary cocktail hour
- In-room tea/coffee ensemble
- Airport assistance
ITC One Extras
Book a stay in the "ITC One: room category and receive the following:
- 24-hour butler service
- Complimentary cocktail hour
- Massage chair use in-room
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The Amazing Race Season 22 Review "I Love Monkeys!"
After a short and uninteresting stop in New Zealand, Phil Keoghan let the teams know that the race was still on and they needed to get to the Monkey Forest in Bali, Indonesia.
In the first task, the teams had to give coconuts to monkeys and wait for the clue to drop out when the monkeys opened them. If you've ever watched a nature program or have any common sense, you wouldn't seriously ask about these wild animals, "Can we hold them?" While these monkeys may not fear humans, they are definitely not pets as demonstrated by their large and scary teeth. The most important thing to remember about monkeys – don't make eye contact. Joey should consider narrating monkey videos as a new career. Totally funny.


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Thomas Paine, in Rights of Man and Common Sense, addresses man's duty to "allow the same rights to others as we allow ourselves". The failure to do so causes the birth of a social issue.
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The Certificate Program of the Center for Human Rights and International Justice is open to Boston College graduate and professional students enrolled in a degree granting program in any of the university's graduate or professional schools.
The Certificate requires that the student has:
- Followed a curriculum within his or her graduate studies that emphasizes human rights and international justice issues, including at least two human rights related courses within own discipline. Refer to the Center's approved course list for currently approved courses.
- Widened his or her interdisciplinary understanding of these issues by completing at least one course designated by the Center in an academic department or discipline that is not his or her own.
- Completed the Center's Interdisciplinary Seminar in Human Rights and International Justice, which will include a research project component for certificate-track students.
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County prosecutors say that they opt mostly not to ask other states to hold suspects wanted for prosecution in Monmouth or Ocean counties because it is too costly to bring them back to New Jersey.
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WILLISTON - An apparent case of elderly abuse at a facility in North Central Florida has some wondering-- who's watching the caregivers? A routine checkup by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Unit led to the discovery of elderly abuse in Levy County.
The owner of this Adult Care Center in Williston surrendered her license last month once the Attorney General's Office started asking questions. She is now being charged with neglect of a disabled adult, false imprisonment, aggravated abuse, and exploitation. She was arrested Thursday and her bond is now set at $205,000.
Restraining a disabled adult with handcuffs and causing permanent disfigurement are some of the things police claim happened in this house. This is Priscilla Smith Johnson's home but also the place she runs the Johnson's Adult Family Care Home.
Mary Ulmer a neighbor of the Adult Care Center said, "We really didn't know what was going on, we were just very suspicious curious because they did have police cars at different times over there."
Johnson is currently behind bars for allegations that include neglecting to provide beds for residents of the home and failing to provide medical services for a resident's wounds caused by the handcuffs.
"Most of the resident I talked to didn't even know their neighbor was running an Adult Care Center; much less what was actually happening behind these 4 walls.
"I had no idea... No idea on that. All I know is that it was a group home and I understand there are people who can't live by themselves so I thought it was pretty admirable of them to do something like that," Ulmer said.
Johnson is also being accused of failing to pay two disabled adult residents their required monthly personal needs allowance given to them Medicaid.
All the alleged abuse was uncovered by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
"We take it very seriously, it's one of the jobs of our Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to conduct these spot checks and work very closely with our partners like the Levy County Sheriff's Office to start this sort of abuse," Whitney Ray with Attorney General Pam Bondi's office said.
Johnson was licensed as an adult family care home provider for four years. If convicted, Johnson could face 60 years in prison and $40,000 in fines. The case will be prosecuted by the State Attorney's Office for the eighth judicial circuit.
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed officials to prevent dumping of solid waste in water bodies or their burning along road sides.
Disposing of a suo motu public interest litigation petition based on a photo feature published by "The Hindu," a Bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice G. M. Akbar Ali directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board officials to monitor and ensure that municipal solid waste was not dumped in water bodies or burnt on roadsides. It also instructed the Madurai Corporation Commissioner and Collector to ensure strict enforcement of Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000.
Earlier, the court had directed the Assistant Director of Panchayats to submit a report on the steps taken to keep all local bodies in the district clean and hygienic. In his counter affidavit, the Corporation Commissioner said that steps had been taken to remove garbage in canals connecting Melamadai and Sadasiva Nagar and tractors were used to remove garbage near Pandikoil. The president of Samayanallur panchayat said that third parties that dumped plastic waste had been warned of stringent action. The Collector, in a report, said that he had instructed the Assistant Director of Panchayats to follow norms pertaining to removal of garbage and plastic waste in all 420 village panchayats.
The Assistant Director of Panchayats informed the court that suitable action would be taken to prevent dumping of waste in all the panchayts in Madurai district. The officials said that garbage dumped on the bunds of the Vaigai had been removed.
The judges, while disposing of the petition, also directed the officials to ensure that solid waste was not dumped or burnt in the Vaigai and other water bodies and on road sides. The suo motu PIL petition was based on a photo feature carried by "The Hindu" on dumping and burning of solid waste in the city, near Samayanallur and Pandikoil.
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In September 2010, after a three-year hiatus from acting and a twenty-year avoidance of singing and dancing, I spotted a casting call in my college newspaper for The Rocky Horror Show. First, I thought: why not now? My only answer to that question was because never before. Acting had been a passion, and I had abandoned it out of an uncritical belief that its relevance was past. Nonetheless, the chance to sing, dance, act, and disrobe in the same show clamored for exploration. I wanted to revisit a passion while it could still be that, and the director wanted someone of my physical description with acting experience. Rocky Horror was an obvious and radical way to both make up for lost time and save an otherwise-imperiled production.
On my way to audition, I was confident. By that time in the semester, after all, I had settled into my hall, made interesting new friends, and decided to dress in drag in the name of personal and social duty. I was more confident than in years. But, in the green room, a familiar state of self-doubting anxiety crept up. I wondered: can I really do this? Diffidence was my baseline, so how could I suddenly take on this public dressing down? How could I take on a lead role in a musical without significant vocal training? If I had erred toward history, toward comfort, I would have walked away. This time was different.
A few days before, I had read Emersons Self Reliance for my philosophy class: a seminar on American Pragmatism. There, he wrote A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. I instantly appreciated the rhetorical power of that maxim, and here was an opportunity for practice! Where I had been foolish and little-minded, here was an opportunity to rectify! Emersons words in mind, I was finally ready to take a risk, to expand my circle of experience beyond what was comfortable. Risk-aversion abandoned, I had good rapport with the production staff immediately and felt confident throughout the audition process. In retrospect, I was on a cusp of personali.e. professional, social, and intellectualevolution, and I still regard the decisions to stay, audition, and ultimately to play Brad Majorsin my briefs, before an audience of fortyas some of the most important of my life. Having met all the novel challenges posed by the show, I am difficult to deter.
The eternal lesson I derived that fall: when scared or uncomfortable, stay there long enough to adapt. Thenshort of endangering yourself or othersfind the next frightening but potentially glass-ceiling-shattering deviation from your history and adapt to that. Then, repeat until dead. When we live stereotyped, uncritical lives, we are likely to make the same mistakes, to face the same boredoms and frustrations, and to undermine our potential impact on the world. Furthermore, once we see these patterns and juxtapose them with what could have been had we acted differently, we are likely to face regret.
Optimization often requires critical engagement with past behavior and beliefs. If we should strive for optimization, then we should critically engage often.
Through much critical engagement with the question of what I should do, through much wrestling with the question of how I can optimize my personal fulfillment and my contribution to society, I have determined that the legal profession answers both. I will contribute a continuation of my record as an inquisitor and improverof myself, of those around me, and of whatever culture into which I assimilate. In that way, there is no foolishness to consistency.
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